Aureo & Calico, S.A. will be offering, through three 2009 Auctions, a massive collection of Spanish Gold Coins, which is said to be one of the largest and most comprehensive ever assembled in a private collection. The Caballero de las Yndias Collection will be sold in three parts through the Barcelona firm, begining in April with coins of The Americas and Philippines.

The following sales will come in June and October and offer gold coins of the European Mints and of course gold coins of Spain, respectively. Each catalog is $25 or 20 Euros shipped and at the end of the year Aureo & Calico, S.A. will compile a book of the collection which will be avialble for $50 or 40 Euros. For more information check out their website at www.aureo.com.

About the AuthorTom Michael has been Krause Publications primary market analyst on more than 80 world and United States coin catalogs produced over the last 20 years. He came to KP in 1987 with a bachelor of arts degree in history, a master of arts degree in economics and a history of coin collecting stretching back to the 1960s. He began collecting world coins as a child by asking friends and relatives to bring coins back from overseas trips, visiting flea markets and having his mother watch for foreign coins in her register at the local grocery store. Today he works with a dedicated base of over 200 contributors to provide accurate market values for the five-volume Standard Catalog of World Coins series, as well as many specialty catalogs, including Coins & Currency of the Middle East and the fifth edition of Unusual World Coins.